Is brown mince OK to eat

[shady]

You know how raw mince goes brown after a few days in the fridge (in the packet)?.

I've heard that mince is red because it sells better. I've got a pack that's in date but has gone brown, it it OK?

 

[Doran]

its fine, just means blood is draining out.

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

In date and been in the fridge? Eat it.

you'll know if its off when you open the packet.

 

[Dunks]

It will be fine.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

get it ate

 

[Dano]

its fine, just means blood is draining out.

Surely you mean it's just the red dye going off

 

[Belmit]

It's oxidised. Perfectly fine to eat... and it'll go brown anyway when you cook it! Happens to steak when the meat is touching the clear plastic window as well.

 

[Doran]

It's oxidised. Perfectly fine to eat... and it'll go brown anyway when you cook it! Happens to steak when the meat is touching the clear plastic window as well.

oh right didnt know that.

its generally good isnt it for meat to breath? according to hugh, anyway...

 

[Cosimo]

If there are no maggots eat it.

 

[4T5]

Use your nose. If it smells ok then eat it, If it smells like crap then throw it.

 

[A.N.Other]

If it smells fine, get it down you

 

[Jonny69]

They fill the pack with nitrogen to stop the meat discolouring. Look at the stuff on the butcher counter and it's usually less watery and a darker colour.

 

[HaMMuS]

I used to work on a butcher's counter and can confirm beef tends to go brown after a while due to it become oxidised, won't affect the taste of the meat in the slightest. On a separate note, if you're storing beef steaks make sure you never lay them on top of each other overnight or they will turn black where they are touching. Either lay them separately or put some saver paper in between them, clingfilm won't cut it I'm afraid.

 

[p4radox]

They fill the pack with nitrogen to stop the meat discolouring. Look at the stuff on the butcher counter and it's usually less watery and a darker colour.

This. Apparently most packaged meat is processed in a nitrogen rich atmosphere to keep it a nice red colour.

 

[oli collett]

It's oxidised. Perfectly fine to eat... and it'll go brown anyway when you cook it! Happens to steak when the meat is touching the clear plastic window as well.

Yep - it's the myoglobin oxydising

 

[Steeps]

They fill the pack with nitrogen to stop the meat discolouring. Look at the stuff on the butcher counter and it's usually less watery and a darker colour.

Learn something new every day. Thanks

 

[Fyebot]

I used to work on a butcher's counter and can confirm beef tends to go brown after a while due to it become oxidised, won't affect the taste of the meat in the slightest. On a separate note, if you're storing beef steaks make sure you never lay them on top of each other overnight or they will turn black where they are touching. Either lay them separately or put some saver paper in between them, clingfilm won't cut it I'm afraid.

Will the black stuff taste funny, or is it just that it doesn't look as nice?

 

[HaMMuS]

ill the black stuff taste funny, or is it just that it doesn't look as nice?

Good question! Obv people didnt tend to buy the steaks with blackened bits so they just got chucked in with the stewing steak, not really sure if it affected the taste as after stewing I doubt you could tell the difference.

 

[shady]

it was rank, so i chucked it and bought some fresh

 

[platypus]

It would be a delicacy in Ankh-Morpork.